Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon policy chief, was criticized for his lack of an opening statement and for answers that were considered not very informative.
There’s one part of the world where U.S. diplomacy is working. The post Trump’s Quiet Foreign Policy Success? Relations with China appeared first on The American Conservative .
China Trump’s Quiet Foreign Policy Success? Relations with China There’s one part of the world where U.S. diplomacy is working. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Support for President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has dropped to a record low. A Quinnipiac poll released last week found that just 33 percent of Americans approved of Trump’s handling of the issue—the worst figure recorded across either term. And little wonder. More than six months of war with Iran have jacked up prices for everything from gas to groceries, severely decreased the Pentagon’s munitions stockpiles, and left thousands…Open
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Undersecretary of War, Elbridge Colby called South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) a “model ally” while visiting Seoul a few months ago. A “model ally ?” Compared to what? South Korea is still a longtime partner and an ally bound by a mutual defense treaty signed in 1953. However, all relationships change over time, and the U.S.-ROK relationship isn’t what it once was. Most of America’s ‘model’ allies don’t have influential figures associated with the ruling party — in this case, the elder brother of Kim Min-Seok, until recently the prime minister and now in the running to head the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) — declared that Trump’s America is “the apex of Yankee imperialism.” It’s equally rare…Open
The Pentagon has officially started its review into the United States military's presence in Europe.
The Pentagon’s European Posture Review, which aims to assess the United States’ military footprint in Europe and shift defense responsibilities towards NATO’s European members, has officially started. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Pentagon has officially started its review into the United States military’s presence in Europe. DETAIL: This week, the Pentagon officially started its European Posture Review . The review is part of a broader strategy to modernize the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and rebalance NATO’s defense burden away from the United States and towards European countries. “The review will further the goal of fully restoring NATO’s character as a powerful warfighting organization,” said…Open
Elbridge Colby gives little comfort to war skeptics. The post What the Pentagon’s Top Brain Thinks About Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs What the Pentagon’s Top Brain Thinks About Iran Elbridge Colby gives little comfort to war skeptics. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images In a podcast released Thursday, Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of defense for policy and an old friend of The American Conservative, sat down for a tête-à-tête with his old schoolmate, the New York Times’ Ross Douthat. Colby, for the folks keeping track back home, was the mastermind of the first Trump administration’s China-prioritizing defense policy and the author of The Strategy of Denial, a 2021 book further articulating his strategic vision for…Open
State of the Union: U.S. intelligence reports raise concerns that Israel is spying on America negotiators and military officials. The post Reports: Israeli Espionage Threat Growing Amid Iran War, Pentagon Finds appeared first on The American Conservative .
Recent U.S. intelligence reports raised alarms about Israel spying on American officials to gain insight into the Trump administration’s approach to the Iran War, according to separate reports from the New York Times and NBC News. The Times reported Saturday that U.S. intelligence offices discern an elevated threat of Israeli espionage operations targeting Steve Witkoff, the top American negotiator with Iran, Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for policy, and Michael DiMino, one of Colby’s top deputies. Colby and DiMino are widely perceived to be part of an America First faction that is skeptical of military intervention in the Middle East, and the latter is in charge of the Defense Department’s policy for…Open
State of the Union: The president reversed direction on plans earlier this week to remove troops from the Central European country. The post Trump Sends 5,000 Additional Troops into Poland appeared first on The American Conservative .
President Donald Trump announced Thursday on social media that the United States would be sending an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, an apparent reversal of Pentagon announcements of troop reductions to the central European country. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had paused deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland as a part of broader troop removals from Europe including another 5,000 from Germany. The president cited the “successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki” as a reason for the additional troops. Nawrocki was elected last June. The scheduled withdrawals were slated to return the American troop presence to its level before Russia’s war in Ukraine began in 2022. Undersecretary of War Elbridge…Open
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Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for policy, will testify before the House Armed Services Committee Thursday morning on the U.S. national defense strategy. The hearing comes two days after he faced questioning in the Senate. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, criticized the Trump administration‘s National Defense Strategy, which was released in January. He argued that the blueprint — which downplays threats from China, focusing primarily on the Western Hemisphere — ignores implications of the Russia-Ukraine war and lacks information about interests in the Middle East amid the turmoil in Iran. President Trump and Pete Hegseth have defended the ongoing military…
Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for policy, will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday morning on the U.S. national defense strategy. The hearing comes days after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran, killing its leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other officials, and raising fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East. President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have defended the weekend attacks despite the deaths of civilians and U.S. service members.